The Carbon Brief Quiz 2018
Last Wednesday, Carbon Brief hosted its fourth annual quiz night at a bar in central London.
Thirty-five teams, featuring more than 250 people, took part...
Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air
An international group of researchers and policymakers met in Australia’s capital this week for the country’s first major conference dedicated to the topic of...
Guest post: Did bombing during second world war cool global temperatures?
Prof Alan Robock is a distinguished professor of climate science in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US.
Between 3...
Budget 2018: Key climate and energy announcements
Philip Hammond, the chancellor, has delivered his last budget before the UK is set to leave the EU in March 2019. It was a...
Solar geoengineering may not cool the oceans, study says
Spraying aerosols high in the stratosphere could dampen global warming over land, but may not prevent the oceans from heating up, new research says.
The...
CCC: England’s coastal defences need ‘urgent’ rethink to cope with climate change
New policies are “urgently” needed to protect homes and landscapes from coastal flooding and erosion in the long term, the Committee on Climate Change...
IEA: Clean energy transition makes reforms ‘inescapable’ for oil states
A changing energy system is posing “critical questions” for many of the world’s largest oil and gas producing countries, the International Energy Agency (IEA)...
The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Kate Marvel
Dr Kate Marvel is an associate research scientist at Columbia University and the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. She...
State of the climate: New record ocean heat content and a growing El Niño
Ocean heat content (OHC) set a new record in the first half of 2018, with more warmth in the oceans than at any time...
In-depth: Could ‘rewilding’ help to tackle climate change?
As little as 14,000 years ago, lions roamed across most of Earth’s continents, including Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Though it is not possible to...